UK's crusade against free speech is starting to look like it's increasingly turning the police into a political tool - which would be wholly incompatible with any democracy.
Other than suppressing speech, these practices waste valuable police time and resources in a country experiencing soaring crime rates.
The latest story about officers showing up at people's doors for expressing their lawful opinions online concerns 54-year-old Helen Jones, who recently posted messages critical of the ruling Labour on Facebook, only to have police at her home 48 hours later.
Jones was prompted by a scandal involving Labour councilors and MPs, including Health Minister Andrew Gwynne, who has been forced to resign since the story of their exchanges in a WhatsApp app group broke out.
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